Digital Assets Conference 2026

The 2026 Digital Assets Project will host its conference, online and in-person on Friday 26th June 2026 at 8:30 am - 4.30 pm BST (GMT+1) / 3:30 pm - 11:30 pm HKT (GMT+8). 

This session is aimed to provide attendees an update on current legal scholarship on digital assets, as well as an opportunity to touch base and discuss recent global developments in the space.

Conference website and online registration: Oxford Digital Assets Project

For in person registration please contact Javier Paz Valbuena: Javier.pazvalbuena@mansfield.ox.ac.uk

Programme: 

8:30 Registration and coffee for in-person participants / Conference log-in for online participants 

9.00 am Welcoming remarks, Kristin van Zwieten (University of Oxford, Director of the Commercial Law Centre)

9:05 am Introduction to the sessions, Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) and Jennifer Payne (University of Oxford) 

9:15 am The Emerging Philosophy of Regulating Digital Asset Service Providers, Simon Gleeson (University of Oxford, University of Cambridge), Commentators: Sara Hall (Walkers) and Urszula McCormack (Mallesons) 

10:15 am Historical Cryptocurrency Exchange Practices in Light of the EU's MiCA and DORA Regulations, Marilyne Ordekian (UCL), Commentator: Ilya Kokorin (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, Netherlands) 

11:15 am Coffee Break 

12:00 pm Compound Autonomy, Claude Humbel and Bianca Kremer (ZIBR, University of Lucerne), Commentator: Ekin Genç (University of Oxford) 

1:00 pm Lunch for in-person participants 

2:00 pm The (Un-)certainty of Holding Assets as Tokens, Philipp Paech (LSE), Commentator: Christopher Odinet (Texas A&M) 

3:00 pm Digital assets and the problem of floating charges under the UK’s financial collateral regime, Jonathan Haines (UCL), Commentator: Magda Raczynska (UCL) 

4:15 pm Concluding remarks, Jennifer Payne (University of Oxford) and Louise Gullifer (University of Cambridge) 

4:30 pm Tea and informal discussion for in-person participants / End of conference for online participants. 

All times are local UK times

Chatham House Rule: Please note that this is an academic conference and, as such, the discussions following the presentations will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule, namely that ‘participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.’ It is hoped that this will mean that everyone feels free to air views which are not necessarily fully developed, and ideas in various stages of formulation can be discussed, as well as those which have been considered more fully.